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it has been a useful briefing for us. we appreciated. if additional issues come to your attention, please let us know and we will try to and from the full committee on those as well. thank you. >> thank you, senator. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> related story to the fukushima reactor. this morning, "the washington post" reports that the head of the tokyo electric power co., who has not been seen since the beginning of the problems of the nuclear plant. in washington, news that president obama will deliver an energy speech this wednesday. political reporting that the president will "outline his plan for america's energy security" the white house said this morning. he would deliver that at georgetown university. both the u.s. house and senate are in for business today. the senate -- in at 10:00 a.m. eastern and they are working on a small business bill. they will take a break at 12:30 eastern for their weekly caucus meetings. they will be back at 2:15 p.
it has been a useful briefing for us. we appreciated. if additional issues come to your attention, please let us know and we will try to and from the full committee on those as well. thank you. >> thank you, senator. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> related story to the fukushima reactor. this morning, "the washington post" reports that the head of the tokyo electric power co., who has not...
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the security council resolution has given us a mission using the no fly zone, using those powers in the security council resolution and expanded things. i will not comment on future operations or future operational designs may be. right now, we are filling the no-fly zone and that is our primary goal. >> david martin with "cbs." there is a report, a british report, that, during the rescue of one of the f-15 pilots, the marine osprey opened fire and actually killed five villagers. i would like to rescue of that report is true. also, yesterday, and general ham may point of saying that there was no official communication with the rebel forces during this operation. was there any communication with the rebel forces in the recovery of these airmen? >> let me answer your second question first. and had no communication with any foreign body of the rebel force during the recovery operations. the first question u.s. was was there any collateral damage during the recovery operations. anytime we have an air craft malfunction did we lose the aircraft, there will be an investigation. i'm not prepare
the security council resolution has given us a mission using the no fly zone, using those powers in the security council resolution and expanded things. i will not comment on future operations or future operational designs may be. right now, we are filling the no-fly zone and that is our primary goal. >> david martin with "cbs." there is a report, a british report, that, during the rescue of one of the f-15 pilots, the marine osprey opened fire and actually killed five...
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it took us 31 days. moreover, we have accomplished these objectives consistent with a pledge that i made to the american people at the outset of our military operations. i said that america's role would be limited, that we would not put ground troops into libya that we would focus our unique capabilities on the front end of the operation, and that would transfer responsibility to our allies and partners. tonight, we are fulfilling that pledge. our most effective alliance, nato has taken command of the enforcement of the arms embargo and the no-fly zone. last night, nato decided to take on the additional responsibility of protecting libyan civilians. this transfer from the united states to nato will take place on wednesday. going forward the lead in enforcing the no-fly zone and protecting students on the ground will transition to our allies and partners, and i am fully confident that our coalition will keep the pressure on that topic of the remaining forces. in that effort, the united states will play a
it took us 31 days. moreover, we have accomplished these objectives consistent with a pledge that i made to the american people at the outset of our military operations. i said that america's role would be limited, that we would not put ground troops into libya that we would focus our unique capabilities on the front end of the operation, and that would transfer responsibility to our allies and partners. tonight, we are fulfilling that pledge. our most effective alliance, nato has taken command...
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bear with us, folks. we're waiting on a little -- the rules of the house, for those who are wondering why i'm standing down here, the rules of the house are when we -- when we adjourn at night we have what's called special orders and when we have special orders each side gets one hour and i'm taking the leadership hour on the republican side. each side gets one hour to discuss issues of relevance to the american people and to their colleagues. and then after that each side gets half an hour. and we go back and forth like that. so we've used up six hours of time -- four hours -- four hours of time. and so my colleague, mr. gohmert, who is on his way over here right now, is going to use, i presume, part of our second half-hour when he gets here. and i imagine louie is going to be talking about constitutional law because he was a judge. and he'll also be talking about the national debt and the legacy we're leaving behind for our kids. and so when louie gets here, after i hit him in the nose for not being her
bear with us, folks. we're waiting on a little -- the rules of the house, for those who are wondering why i'm standing down here, the rules of the house are when we -- when we adjourn at night we have what's called special orders and when we have special orders each side gets one hour and i'm taking the leadership hour on the republican side. each side gets one hour to discuss issues of relevance to the american people and to their colleagues. and then after that each side gets half an hour....
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they are taking us over in 1970. what will happen to us in america? they are going to own our country. that is it. we will lose our jobs. then we start whining about the mexicans. losing all the manufacturing to mexico. we cannot compete. we cannot do this. we cannot do this. now we are wining about the chinese and the indians. we are a bunch of whiners. that is what we are. we should have enough confidence that we can compete with people if we all sacrifice a little bit for the common good. >> watch this event from wheaton college in illinois tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> earlier this week, the ninth circuit court of appeals took up the issue of the labors' first amendment rights -- the issue of day laborers' first amendment rights. a ruling that allowed redondo beach, california, to resume a resting day laborers pure last week, a circuit panel ruled in favor of the city of redondo, of holding a city ordinance that regulates the solicitation of employment on city streets. from san francisco, this is an hour. >> the united states court o
they are taking us over in 1970. what will happen to us in america? they are going to own our country. that is it. we will lose our jobs. then we start whining about the mexicans. losing all the manufacturing to mexico. we cannot compete. we cannot do this. we cannot do this. now we are wining about the chinese and the indians. we are a bunch of whiners. that is what we are. we should have enough confidence that we can compete with people if we all sacrifice a little bit for the common good....
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us. and the identification and of the distinction of forces in very close quarters is a particular challenge for us. we have been very precise in our instructions to the air crews about what they may and may not do. and we are very, very conscious in obviously limiting civilian casualties. it is balanced and that we as commanders tried to apply, and ultimately these very well trained and disciplined air crews, from many nations, to apply when they have observation on the regime of ground forces attacking civilians. where we can, and can safely without the risk to civilians and causing collateral damage, we have the capability to engage in those kinds of missions. right now, misrata, the first effort is to establish the no fly zone and that process is underway. and until we do that, the ability to influence activities on the ground remains somewhat limited. >> mission creep, do you worry about that? >> i am sorry -- can you say that again? >> mission creep, can you -- do you worry about th
us. and the identification and of the distinction of forces in very close quarters is a particular challenge for us. we have been very precise in our instructions to the air crews about what they may and may not do. and we are very, very conscious in obviously limiting civilian casualties. it is balanced and that we as commanders tried to apply, and ultimately these very well trained and disciplined air crews, from many nations, to apply when they have observation on the regime of ground forces...
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lord, grant us patience that you will have your way with us now and always, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess. mr. burgess: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker: without objection. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, all americans have provided sympathy for the people of japan due to the massive earthquake and tsunami. but i was grateful to learn last week at the rotary club that the rotary foundation is taking direct action. special assist
lord, grant us patience that you will have your way with us now and always, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from texas, mr. burgess. mr. burgess: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation...
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tell us about how your organization uses data. presuming you may have experienced some problems with government data along the way, talk about those concerns and problems and how you think the government should address them. >> we track money and politics and elite influence of the federal level. we have download and process data on campaign contributions, pacs, individuals, lobbying expenditures, personal financial disclosures, and increasingly the outside spending going on. we'd have long wanted to standardize them by industry and group. we classify them by industry and classified by organizations to aggregate them and create summaries on openthegovernment.org. we slice and dice them to answer questions people throw at us. the hope is that by putting it out there, we're making it ineligible for the average citizen, voter, activist, the press. the press has been our primary target for the nearly 30 years we have been in business. we want to go beyond that to take the information to the consumer and voter more directly. we have go
tell us about how your organization uses data. presuming you may have experienced some problems with government data along the way, talk about those concerns and problems and how you think the government should address them. >> we track money and politics and elite influence of the federal level. we have download and process data on campaign contributions, pacs, individuals, lobbying expenditures, personal financial disclosures, and increasingly the outside spending going on. we'd have...
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why that buys us a great deal. you might ask yourself why in the world do we have nuclear aircraft carriers, what do they do? other countries that are allies of ours don't have ships like that, why would we? the reason is, if you think about america and the globe, america is sitting there a little bit to a degree by itself, and our two main trading partners, europe and all the way around to china, japan and india, those trading partners are a considerable distance around the world. it is in our interest because of all the things that we buy that are traded that we protect those trade routes from some hedge monothat might want to cause trouble. -- from some hegemon that might want to cause trouble. so we have our nuclear aircraft carriers to go to the other side of the world and conduct operations without worrying about filling these things up and that's the reason why we have a lot of national defense. this started a long time ago. you can see this blue line here talks about our defense and what's going on with def
why that buys us a great deal. you might ask yourself why in the world do we have nuclear aircraft carriers, what do they do? other countries that are allies of ours don't have ships like that, why would we? the reason is, if you think about america and the globe, america is sitting there a little bit to a degree by itself, and our two main trading partners, europe and all the way around to china, japan and india, those trading partners are a considerable distance around the world. it is in our...
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they don't like us. second, as we discussed, i'm not sure if they're going to be dominating the political scene. unquestionably an important player, but not dominating the political scene so the wait-and-see approach is the best one. you want the channel of communication open, you want to perhaps play as much as you can. i don't think we have much influence, especially the e.u., but in playing those internal fissures but establish all communications with the second and third generation but i would take a line where you don't embrace it as it is happening and you don't unnecessarily go against them. i think at this point, it would be premature to take either route. i think it's fair to understand that there is room for tiny engagement. for the most part, every single policy position the brotherhood has when it comes to middle east policy is at odds with what the e.u. wants. nevertheless, once confronted with certain pragmatic choices, we talked about the treaty with israel, sure, albawi and others can tal
they don't like us. second, as we discussed, i'm not sure if they're going to be dominating the political scene. unquestionably an important player, but not dominating the political scene so the wait-and-see approach is the best one. you want the channel of communication open, you want to perhaps play as much as you can. i don't think we have much influence, especially the e.u., but in playing those internal fissures but establish all communications with the second and third generation but i...
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the parents are used to it. the kids are used to it and the parents are used to it. the sense that a parent knows more and they are -- the kids are supposed to listen, that dynamic is changed everywhere in the world. you are even seeing it in a context where there was much more deference to the father of the family then is the case in the united states. you still see that dynamic. i think this is something that this generation will be different all the way through. it is not just that they are the youth bulge and lots of testosterone, this is a different set of responsibilities. you often hear the stories of migrants in the united states and the children translated for the parents and that created a different dynamic. in a sense, this entire generation around the world has translated to their parents. it is a very interesting dynamic. in all of these places, this is part of the reason why it is happening and part of the reason why it will be interesting to see how it develops. that relationship between authority and age is different. one of the most becoming things a
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they appeal to us. it was much more -- they were in some sense much more threatening so i think this is simply more less a continuation of that. >> thank you. we are going to take a question on the left side. if you could state your name and affiliation please. >> thomas you mentioned iraq and how the brotherhood treats suicide bombings there. which sunni party would you say corresponds to the brotherhood? what have they said regarding suicide bombings there? it strikes me as most suicide bombings are carried out by former al qaeda people with loose affiliation for al qaeda who are really folks seeking publicity and have almost no political role in the country. >> i agree with where you are coming from but what i'm talking about is the egyptian brotherhood, sort of justifies suicide bombings in iraq on their own theological grounds. on the west we talk about the terms of justifying only a defensive jihad. in other words some response to western aggression but if you study the data including what came ou
they appeal to us. it was much more -- they were in some sense much more threatening so i think this is simply more less a continuation of that. >> thank you. we are going to take a question on the left side. if you could state your name and affiliation please. >> thomas you mentioned iraq and how the brotherhood treats suicide bombings there. which sunni party would you say corresponds to the brotherhood? what have they said regarding suicide bombings there? it strikes me as most...
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have ever used -- only 40% have ever used v.a. they do know what their benefits are. >> 47% who are eligible have chosen not to use it within the system. there are reasons for its. communication plays a vital part. >> can you give us some figures? >> we will just cover a few of these statistics that may have been highlighted. about 6% of the women in our service separate from some form of traumatic brain injury. 38% sever from posttraumatic stress. 15% his suffered the treated that to military sexual trauma. 28 cents a not apply for women benefits or did not know they were eligible. 66% were enrolled in health-care systems that maintain private health care. 40% -- it is only available to them. the preferred these private healthcare. that has to do with safety and security. and may be attributed to it as well. 38% and not satisfied with measures a credibility. 67% of the professionals exhibited trustworthiness. that is positive. it has a lack of trustworthiness. 21% would almost never referred to the v.a. to another service member.
have ever used -- only 40% have ever used v.a. they do know what their benefits are. >> 47% who are eligible have chosen not to use it within the system. there are reasons for its. communication plays a vital part. >> can you give us some figures? >> we will just cover a few of these statistics that may have been highlighted. about 6% of the women in our service separate from some form of traumatic brain injury. 38% sever from posttraumatic stress. 15% his suffered the treated...
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us to that point? another national oil spill commission to report to the president came to the conclusion that it's a collaboration between regulators and the industry is different here. that's what needs to change. the industry has shown us in other parts of the world can operate in a safer manner. that said, it is too easy to say did not -- to say mms did not to a good job regulating. i do not think the data shows that. we need to look at why it is the same companies and contractors operating in other parts of the world have much better safety records than the gulf of mexico. the answer comes back to the relationship between the regulators and operators in the gulf of mexico. i think everyone agrees that has to change significantly. >> the answer should not be now that we have had this, we need more regulation. i think we need better regulation. if you think you're going to add something and gets safer, you're going to get something that is redundant. you get to the point where it is so burdensome to
us to that point? another national oil spill commission to report to the president came to the conclusion that it's a collaboration between regulators and the industry is different here. that's what needs to change. the industry has shown us in other parts of the world can operate in a safer manner. that said, it is too easy to say did not -- to say mms did not to a good job regulating. i do not think the data shows that. we need to look at why it is the same companies and contractors operating...
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you use your assets, you use your, you know, men and women. you get out there and do it, and you take the consequences. if something bad happens -- and i want to remind people that we had a no-fly zone over iraq. it did not prevent saddam hussein from slaughtering people on the ground and it did not get him out of office. we had a no-fly zone and then we had 78 days of bombing in serbia. it did not get him out of office. it did not get him out of kosovo until we put troops on the ground with our allies. so i really want people to understand what we are looking at. and i will reiterate what the president has said and what our administration has consistently said. we are considering everything, but we think it's important that the congress and the public understand as much as possible about what that actually means. and i can assure you that the president's not going to make any decision without a great deal of careful thought and deliberation. thank you. >> i appreciate the thoughtfulness and the caution. i really do. i'll reserve my questions,
you use your assets, you use your, you know, men and women. you get out there and do it, and you take the consequences. if something bad happens -- and i want to remind people that we had a no-fly zone over iraq. it did not prevent saddam hussein from slaughtering people on the ground and it did not get him out of office. we had a no-fly zone and then we had 78 days of bombing in serbia. it did not get him out of office. it did not get him out of kosovo until we put troops on the ground with...
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both the kids are used to it and the parents are used to it. the sense that i, as a parent, and no things, and you're supposed to listen to me, that dynamic has changed around the world. you are even seen it in a context in which there was much more deference to the father of the family then there is the case in the united states, and you still see that dynamic. this is something that this generation is going to be different all the way through. it is not just that they are the use balch, and a lot of testosterone at that age. bulge , and a lot of testosterone at that age. you hear the story of migration. in a sense, this entire generation has translated for their parents. it is a very interesting dynamic, and i think in all of these places, this is part of the reason why it is happening, and part of the reason why we are going to have -- it will be interesting to see how it develops, that relationship between authority and age is just different. i have to say when of the most becoming things about this is the extent to which parents just think
both the kids are used to it and the parents are used to it. the sense that i, as a parent, and no things, and you're supposed to listen to me, that dynamic has changed around the world. you are even seen it in a context in which there was much more deference to the father of the family then there is the case in the united states, and you still see that dynamic. this is something that this generation is going to be different all the way through. it is not just that they are the use balch, and a...
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it took the 16th amendment to burden us with that. it is up to us. [applause] >> these will be our final two questions. >> the question is we do enjoy the tax-deductible contribution. how does a fair tax handle that situation? >> this is what they will scare you with. a deduction is only good when you are taxed. you make your house payment 100% tax-free. your gift to your church or nonprofit organization is tax- free. these are all part of the game they are playing with we want the games to stop. [applause] >> this will be our final question. >> i was a republican candidate in the last presidential election. i am what you call an extreme long-shot. [laughter] my question for the panel is the military and catholic church had existed across thousands of years in different cultures with dozens of levels. how can we reduce the level of bureaucracy which nothing intelligent will probably happen? >> i already answered that a couple of times. you have to get rid of the monopoly bargaining system within the work force. before you do that you cannot make any
it took the 16th amendment to burden us with that. it is up to us. [applause] >> these will be our final two questions. >> the question is we do enjoy the tax-deductible contribution. how does a fair tax handle that situation? >> this is what they will scare you with. a deduction is only good when you are taxed. you make your house payment 100% tax-free. your gift to your church or nonprofit organization is tax- free. these are all part of the game they are playing with we...
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this is what canadians expect of us in parliament, all of us. the budget tabled by, -- this week by the minister of finance, the next phase of canada's economic action plan is critical to promote economic recovery. it seeks to promote growth, create jobs, and help those in need with affordable measures and to do all of these things without raising taxes. its contents not only reflected the wide input of canadians, including the input of other political parties, it has the strong support of canadians. indeed, there was nothing, absolutely nothing in the budget that the opposition could not or should not have supported. unfortunately, mr. ignatief and his coalition partners made it abundantly clear that they wanted to force an election instead. canada's fourth election in seven years, and election canadians had told them clearly that they do not want. thus, the vote today, which obviously disappoints me, will, i suspect might disappoint most canadians. as a consequence, i will have to meet with the governor general tomorrow to advise him of the si
this is what canadians expect of us in parliament, all of us. the budget tabled by, -- this week by the minister of finance, the next phase of canada's economic action plan is critical to promote economic recovery. it seeks to promote growth, create jobs, and help those in need with affordable measures and to do all of these things without raising taxes. its contents not only reflected the wide input of canadians, including the input of other political parties, it has the strong support of...
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actually the hard work is ahead of us, not behind us. but we are here and we are heading in that direction. it's not simply because there's social media and there's young people. suddenly there's nothing sudden about it. i think we should pay respect due to the hundreds of thousands of arabs who were tortured, jailed, picketed, demonstrated with the hunger strike. why the arab world were not reported, those are the invisible arabs. the hundreds and millions that were displaced by their regimes from iraq to morocco, those -- the torture, the prison, the strike, the activist, the young and the old, the man and the woman, they are the ones who should be thankful. i think in that sense, that's why i'm hopeful and optimistic that's it's going in the right direction. >> okay. thank you. [inaudible] >> everyone, thank you for being here. thank you for taking part in the debate. i wish we had more time. please join me in thanking your panel for tonight. [applause] > we have more international coverage for you to
actually the hard work is ahead of us, not behind us. but we are here and we are heading in that direction. it's not simply because there's social media and there's young people. suddenly there's nothing sudden about it. i think we should pay respect due to the hundreds of thousands of arabs who were tortured, jailed, picketed, demonstrated with the hunger strike. why the arab world were not reported, those are the invisible arabs. the hundreds and millions that were displaced by their regimes...